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蟋

xī

Character

What 蟋 means

1. used in {蟋蟀|xī shuài}

Example sentences

• 那不是蟋蟀。是蚂蚱！
  That's not a cricket, that's a grasshopper.
• 我的房间里为什么有蟋蟀？
  Wǒ de fángjiān lǐ wèishénme yǒu xīshuài?
  Why are there crickets in my room?
• 为什么我的房间里有蟋蟀?
  Wèishénme wǒ de fángjiān lǐ yǒu xīshuài?
  Why are there crickets in my room?
• 我的房间里为什幺有蟋蟀？
  Why are there crickets in my room?
• 蟋蟀的叫声与蛙鸣催我入眠。
  Xīshuài de jiàoshēng yǔ wā míng cuī wǒ rùmián.
  The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.
• 笼子里的蟋蟀吃得跟野生的蟋蟀一样多。
  Lóngzi lǐ de xīshuài chī de gēn yěshēng de xīshuài yīyàng duō.
  A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.

Words starting with 蟋

• 蟋蟀xī shuàicricket (insect)
• 蟋蟀草xī shuài cǎowire grass (Eleusine indica)

Characters that look like 蟋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 穗suìear of grain; tassel; fringe
• 蟆mátoad
• 蟠pánto coil

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí